f32744 cc15680	Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	Phoenix County Ground, Bristol on 5th, 6th, 7th September 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 135 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	HD Bird, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 33/1 (Larkins 16*, Williams 11*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 176/5 (Sadiq Mohammad 52*, Garnham 0*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Stovold	c AJ Lamb b Griffiths	5
Sadiq Mohammad	c Williams b Griffiths	12
Zaheer Abbas	lbw b TM Lamb	7
BC Broad	run out	129
*MJ Procter	c Cook b TM Lamb	38
AJ Hignell	not out	149
+MA Garnham	c Willey b Watts	21
MD Partridge	c Sharp b Griffiths	10
DA Graveney	did not bat
BM Brain	did not bat
JH Childs	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 13 lb, 6 nb)	24
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 99.5 overs)	395
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-18, 3-26, 4-95, 5-323, 6-378, 7-395 (99.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	20	8	35	0	-	-
Griffiths	23.5	3	96	3	-	-
TM Lamb	21	5	85	2	-	-
Larkins	3	0	27	0	-	-
Willey	17	3	53	0	-	-
Williams	7	2	36	0	-	-
Watts	8	0	39	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	lbw b Procter	4
W Larkins	b Childs	59
RG Williams	b Graveney	44
AJ Lamb	c Procter b Childs	19
P Willey	b Graveney	11
TJ Yardley	b Graveney	33
+G Sharp	c Broad b Graveney	3
*PJ Watts	c Hignell b Procter	15
Sarfraz Nawaz	c Zaheer Abbas b Graveney	46
TM Lamb	b Childs	2
BJ Griffiths	not out	1
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 89.1 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-110, 3-110, 4-134, 5-144, 6-165, 7-192, 8-202, 9-232, 10-250 (89.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brain	8	3	17	0	-	-
Procter	22	2	67	2	-	-
Childs	25	6	69	3	-	-
Partridge	7	0	25	0	-	-
Graveney	27.1	11	59	5	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Stovold	c Larkins b Griffiths	2
Sadiq Mohammad	c Griffiths b AJ Lamb	56
Zaheer Abbas	c Williams b Willey	12
*MJ Procter	b Griffiths	105
BC Broad	b Griffiths	0
AJ Hignell	c Williams b Sarfraz Nawaz	0
+MA Garnham	not out	2
MD Partridge	not out	14
DA Graveney	did not bat
BM Brain	did not bat
JH Childs	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 3 nb)	5
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 48 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-39, 3-174, 4-174, 5-175, 6-180

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	11	2	37	1	-	-
Griffiths	9	3	28	3	-	-
TM Lamb	7	0	37	0	-	-
Willey	11	2	40	1	-	-
Williams	2	0	29	0	-	-
AJ Lamb	4	1	13	1	-	-
Cook	4	0	7	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Larkins	b Procter	15
G Cook	c Partridge b Procter	9
RG Williams	lbw b Graveney	15
AJ Lamb	c and b Childs	23
P Willey	b Graveney	20
TJ Yardley	c Garnham b Procter	17
*PJ Watts	not out	42
+G Sharp	c Sadiq Mohammad b Graveney	44
Sarfraz Nawaz	lbw b Graveney	1
TM Lamb	st Garnham b Procter	0
BJ Griffiths	c Stovold b Graveney	9
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 48.4 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-29, 3-59, 4-65, 5-100, 6-104, 7-183, 8-184, 9-185, 10-206 (48.4 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brain	7	2	22	0	-	-
Procter	18	3	69	4	-	-
Childs	6	1	16	1	-	-
Graveney	17.4	3	88	5	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> AW Stovold (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> BC Broad (1) passed his previous highest score of 96 in First-Class matches
--> BC Broad (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> BC Broad (1) passed his previous highest score of 96 in County Championship matches
--> BC Broad (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> BC Broad (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 117
--> AJ Hignell (1) passed his previous highest score of 102 in County Championship matches
--> AJ Hignell (1) equalled his previous highest score of 149 in First-Class matches
--> AJ Hignell (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> MA Garnham (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> MA Garnham (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in County Championship matches
--> RG Williams (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 2
--> RG Williams (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36
--> MJ Procter (2) 100 in 57 minutes
--> DA Graveney reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> JH Childs reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> BJ Griffiths reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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Procter's century was the fastest of the season and won him the Walter Lawrence Trophy.

 

 

 

 

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